Mantra 22

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उलूकयातुं शुशुलूकयातुं जहि श्वयातुमुत कोकयातुम्। सुपर्णयातुमुत गृध्रयातुं दृषदेव प्र मृण रक्ष इन्द्र

IAST Transliteration

ulū́kayātuṁ śuśulū́kayātuṁ jahí śvayā́tum utá kókayātum | supárṇayā́tum utá gṛ́dhrayātuṁ dṛṣádeva prá mṛṇa rákṣa índra ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Slay thou the owl-shaped sorcerer, slay the hooting-owl-shaped; smite the dog-shaped, and eke the koka-shaped. The fair-winged-shaped, and eke the vulture-shaped—O Stone-strong Indra, crush thou forth the Rākṣas.

Word by Word

• उलूकयातुम्: the owl-demon/witchcraft (owl-yātu)
• उलूकयातुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: उलूक- (प्रातिपदिक) + यातु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुशुलूकयातुम्: the ‘shushulūka’-demon/witchcraft
• शुशुलूकयातुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: शुशुलूक- (प्रातिपदिक) + यातु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: smite! kill!
• जहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• श्वयातुम्: the dog-demon/witchcraft
• श्वयातुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: श्व- (प्रातिपदिक) + यातु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and; also
• उत: (समुच्चय/विकल्पार्थक निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• कोकयातुम्: the ‘koka’-demon/witchcraft
• कोकयातुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: कोक- (प्रातिपदिक) + यातु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुपर्णयातुम्: the bird-demon/witchcraft (suparṇa-yātu)
• सुपर्णयातुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सुपर्ण- (प्रातिपदिक) + यातु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and; also
• उत: (समुच्चय/विकल्पार्थक निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• गृध्रयातुम्: the vulture-demon/witchcraft
• गृध्रयातुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: गृध्र- (प्रातिपदिक) + यातु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दृषदेव: with a stone; like/using a stone
• दृषदेव: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृषद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth; forward; intensively
• प्र: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मृण: crush! destroy!
• मृण: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृण्/मृ (धातु: मृणाति ‘to crush, destroy’)

• रक्षः: the demon/evil spirit (rakṣas)
• रक्षः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (rakṣoghna hymn; specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input)

Devata: Indra (as rakṣohā)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (catalogue + imperative), as commonly in rakṣoghna verses

Mantra Rasa

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